The Elf Heads Home

Week 3

Day 15- We finally found Fizban in a new place this morning! Although we were hoping to see him well he was still looking under the weather. He was all cuddled with tissues and had some cold medicine next to his little bed.

Day 16- Not far from the bed that had kept him before the Elf slipped in a decorative glass to watch our family form there.

Day 17- Elf on the Shelf was trapped all in fun by his North Pole buddies brought last year by the Elf.

Day 18-20- Fizban brought magic seeds that tasted sweet for the kids to plant in a cup of sugar. He waited and waited with the seeds for a couple of days. Finally the kids were home to plant them for him.

Day 21-Doll Dragon planted her seeds. Little Dragon planted his the next day.

Day 23- Something grew!! The mugs were checked!

Day 24-Fizban was at Nana and Papaws with a new book, Santa is Coming to Ohio. We read it Christmas Eve and to bed the kids went.

With a blended family this years Elf adventures were not as consistent. Having one child or having none left Fizban unmoved. Christmas brings love, happiness, and joy but it also brings tight schedules and stress with other parents.

Our Christmas morning was pushed back and our days were full so Fizban left with no note or goodbye.

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Painting With Squirt Guns

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